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Airport Extreme 802.11n and Xbox 360 connected with ethernet cable.....

Hi Everyone,

Just moved my xbox 360 and wondering if I could use the Airport Extreme to connect wirelessly to the internet. I would connect the xbox 360 to the Airport Extreme with an *ethernet cable* and from the Airport Extreme back to my router would be wirelessly.

Would this cause any latency problems? Or would anyone recommend me to just run an ethernet cable from the xbox 360 back to the router? The distance is about 60 feet for a cable to be routed or wirelessly 30 feet directly through one inner wall..wood and sheetrock.

Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated.
scooter

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Posted on Nov 22, 2007 7:23 AM

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Posted on Nov 22, 2007 1:03 PM

I would connect the xbox 360 to the Airport Extreme with an ethernet cable and from the Airport Extreme back to my router would be wirelessly.


If you intent to connect the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) wirelessly to the router, this router would have to be another AirPort or one of a very few non-AirPort products that will work in a Wireless Distribution System (WDS).

Would this cause any latency problems?


Most likely, but that will depend on the two routers used in the WDS. If both are AEBSns, then the throughput performance would be competitive with at least 10baseT or 100baseT Ethernet. If not, then using an Ethernet cable may be the better option.
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Tesserax
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Nov 22, 2007 1:03 PM in response to scooter

I would connect the xbox 360 to the Airport Extreme with an ethernet cable and from the Airport Extreme back to my router would be wirelessly.


If you intent to connect the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) wirelessly to the router, this router would have to be another AirPort or one of a very few non-AirPort products that will work in a Wireless Distribution System (WDS).

Would this cause any latency problems?


Most likely, but that will depend on the two routers used in the WDS. If both are AEBSns, then the throughput performance would be competitive with at least 10baseT or 100baseT Ethernet. If not, then using an Ethernet cable may be the better option.
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Nov 22, 2007 1:37 PM in response to scooter

You will be able to set up a WDS between these two routers, but the wireless network will only be able to operate in the 802.11b/g radio mode. With a WDS, for each base station added the overall wireless bandwidth is reduced by one-half. So, realistically, you are looking at a top throughput of 54 Mbps / 2 = ~ 27 Mbps at best ... far less than 100baseT Ethernet.
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